Originally Posted by redvelvet

I also read Moth Smoke by Mohsin Ahmed and liked it. I've read Blasphemy by Tahmina Durrani and enjoyed reading it; pretty scandalous book that is supposedly based on a true story.

I've read books by Bapsi Sidhwa.

Don't know of any other Pakistani authors. But I'm a Pakistani and aspire to be an author one day, InshaAllah. It's been a fantasy of mine for quite some time.

As far as desi authors are concerned, I've read several books written by Indian authors that I've enjoyed.

Interpretor of Maladies/ Jhumpa Lahiri
Serving Crazy with Curry/ Amulya Malladi
The Mango Season/Amulya Malladi
Song of the Cuckoo Bird/ Amulya Malladi
Sister of My Heart/ Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The Unknown Errors of Our Lives/ Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet/ Kashmira Sheth